What a difference a month makes. In December, Nigel Farage was tweeting about his meeting with Elon Musk and the world’s richest man’s support for his party. On Sunday, the Reform leader found himself defending himself from Musk’s criticism – after the tech billionaire declared on his platform X that Reform needed new leadership as Farage ‘doesn’t have what it takes’.
Musk can clearly change his opinion pretty quickly
The cooling of relations between the two men seems to come down to their differing views of Tommy Robinson, the jailed activist. Thanks largely to the tweets of Musk, the grooming gangs scandal has moved to the top of the news agenda over the past week. Both Reform and the Conservative party have joined Musk in raising concerns over the lack of attention the story has received over the years. Both Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage have called for a government inquiry – after Labour turned down a request for one from Oldham council.
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